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2024-02-14 12:30:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 84BABECD51B06149FA266C50E50313BDCD8253B71CF9507DEEA8562E87EA9194
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Original Note:
The problem here is the ambiguity of the expression, not PEMDAS itself. It is written such that those that read it literally will go "first /, and then * by ()", and others will assume "multiplication without the symbol implies everything is one grouped term, so * before /". https://people.math.harvard.edu/~knill/pedagogy/ambiguity/index.html
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